Christmas Time 1971

The Chief Engineer is not typically a super tanker ship's officer you would expect to find sobbing hysterically on deck at the ship's loading port in the Persian Gulf. Everyone has the highest respect for the Chief because it's up to the person who holds that title to make certain [...]

By |2011-12-30T13:27:04-08:00December 30th, 2011|Blog|0 Comments

A Look Back & A Look Ahead

On March 28, 1986 not far from Shea Stadium a baby girl was born in Yonkers, NY.  Her name was Joanne Stefani Germanotte. Across the Hudson River in North Jersey seven year old Tommy Riles was reading as he did every morning before school about his heroes the New York [...]

By |2011-12-30T05:44:08-08:00December 30th, 2011|Blog|0 Comments

How Does It Feel To Be A Dad?

In the first two months of my daughter's life, the number one question I get is HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A DAD?  I do not have a clear-cut answer to this question.   I feel, just how I feel with any such situation dealing with normal tactful human beings [...]

By |2011-12-29T16:33:13-08:00December 29th, 2011|Blog|0 Comments

Christmas Catharsis

The holiday season evokes different memories for each of us. Some of us may remember a Santa with a distinct resemblance to dad. Others remember sitting in the back seat of a toasty station wagon sipping hot coco, singing Christmas Carols and driving around the neighborhood on a cold winter’s [...]

By |2011-12-28T14:09:13-08:00December 28th, 2011|Blog|0 Comments

Say…oh?

We were surprised when we asked our pediatrician if he and his family celebrated Christmas and simply responded "No." My wife remained silent for a moment, slightly stunned by the response from a man with a very British, almost Irish surname. "Do you celebrate Hanukkah?" she quickly recovered, [...]

By |2011-12-23T16:16:41-08:00December 23rd, 2011|Blog|0 Comments
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